Review Freedom Forums.
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Ok. I'll do this review for you. just be PATIENT, i did about 5 reviews yesterday, and feeling kinda burnt out. but i'll get on this for you, ASAP. Expect it by the end of the day, maybe early tomorow pending on how my head is feeling. trust me, it'll be done
hcf
hcf
Thank you for understanding. i do a little less strict on newer forum's and their statistsics. I have been scanning it from time to time; while taking care of my other online business, and do have some suggestions. should have this completed within the hour.
First Impressions - (Out of 20)
The Forum does look really slick and stylish. For some reason, the banner somewhat mesmerizes me ... excellent job on that! You may want to move the Ad banner, to the top of the forum out of the way from the forum in it's entirety.
(16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
This part of the forum does need a lot of work. There are just too mnay Boards, and the main page seems like it scrolls forever til i get to the nottom of the page.
Here's what i think could be done. Make a "Freedom Gaming" board. Combine the three consoles, and your WoW Boards. and, move the one WoW jelp topic in the WoW board, sinceit can be uased for both WoW discussions and help.
In the "culture" category ; I would even make one "Entertainment" board .. and combine the topics from books, music, movies, etc ... into that 1 board. until you have enough to warrant a board for each, just add all entertainment venues ( books, music, movies, etc ...) in the topic descriptions. Even the 3 computer Boards could be combine into on "Freedom computers" Board, and move that in culturesee, gte creative with your board titles and descriptions ... make them reflect your forum's theme -😉-
Plus, the 3 worldwide boards could be combined into one, and move it into culture. This would probably decrease your main page by about 40% ... and keep everything in tact and still organized.
(12/20)
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
Member and post stats look really good. I'm sure once you try and combine the boards/topics i suggested, each board will look even more active; and get more attnetion.
What will hurt your score, is the ratio of boards to post count in each. Alot of boards only have onbe topic made.
(12/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I'm only seeing about 2-4 staff members, and not sure if they're all currently active. That's an ok ratio of staff to members, but you will want to add more staff you can trust and count on to be there once your forum has more members and activity.
(15/20)
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
Not many spelling and grammar issues; but what bothers me is to go down the list of boards, and every description is almost identical, just the board title words in the description change from title to title. Or "Insert board titel" discussion goes here, etc ... mix it up, get some good, clever board titles. Make it look more personal, instead of generic.
(13/20)
68 - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Believe, 68 is a good score to get on your first review! I did take alot of time on suggesting ways to improve the overall appearance. Just work on some tweaking Boards, working on more in-depth descriptions, and advertise to get more notice; and it'll get so much better in the days to come. I hope this helps, and Best of Luck to you, bud!
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The banner, and that the forum does offer alot of differenr aspects of discussion on anything, but the overuse of boards was not pleasant
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
Too many unecessary boards at the moment. You don't want to overload members with too much to siff through on the main page.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Well, i'm not a teen. And might feel left out. But i believe once you get alot more organized, and slim down the main page to make the forum much more easily to navigate, i wouldn't mind coming back and getting involved.
(68 /100)
You may comment wether you agree or disagree with the result; and could you please rate me. this is my 6th review without being rated; and i'm started to think something's wrong -redface-
thanx
hcf
The Forum does look really slick and stylish. For some reason, the banner somewhat mesmerizes me ... excellent job on that! You may want to move the Ad banner, to the top of the forum out of the way from the forum in it's entirety.
(16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
This part of the forum does need a lot of work. There are just too mnay Boards, and the main page seems like it scrolls forever til i get to the nottom of the page.
Here's what i think could be done. Make a "Freedom Gaming" board. Combine the three consoles, and your WoW Boards. and, move the one WoW jelp topic in the WoW board, sinceit can be uased for both WoW discussions and help.
In the "culture" category ; I would even make one "Entertainment" board .. and combine the topics from books, music, movies, etc ... into that 1 board. until you have enough to warrant a board for each, just add all entertainment venues ( books, music, movies, etc ...) in the topic descriptions. Even the 3 computer Boards could be combine into on "Freedom computers" Board, and move that in culturesee, gte creative with your board titles and descriptions ... make them reflect your forum's theme -😉-
Plus, the 3 worldwide boards could be combined into one, and move it into culture. This would probably decrease your main page by about 40% ... and keep everything in tact and still organized.
(12/20)
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
Member and post stats look really good. I'm sure once you try and combine the boards/topics i suggested, each board will look even more active; and get more attnetion.
What will hurt your score, is the ratio of boards to post count in each. Alot of boards only have onbe topic made.
(12/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I'm only seeing about 2-4 staff members, and not sure if they're all currently active. That's an ok ratio of staff to members, but you will want to add more staff you can trust and count on to be there once your forum has more members and activity.
(15/20)
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
Not many spelling and grammar issues; but what bothers me is to go down the list of boards, and every description is almost identical, just the board title words in the description change from title to title. Or "Insert board titel" discussion goes here, etc ... mix it up, get some good, clever board titles. Make it look more personal, instead of generic.
(13/20)
68 - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Believe, 68 is a good score to get on your first review! I did take alot of time on suggesting ways to improve the overall appearance. Just work on some tweaking Boards, working on more in-depth descriptions, and advertise to get more notice; and it'll get so much better in the days to come. I hope this helps, and Best of Luck to you, bud!
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The banner, and that the forum does offer alot of differenr aspects of discussion on anything, but the overuse of boards was not pleasant
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
Too many unecessary boards at the moment. You don't want to overload members with too much to siff through on the main page.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Well, i'm not a teen. And might feel left out. But i believe once you get alot more organized, and slim down the main page to make the forum much more easily to navigate, i wouldn't mind coming back and getting involved.
(68 /100)
You may comment wether you agree or disagree with the result; and could you please rate me. this is my 6th review without being rated; and i'm started to think something's wrong -redface-
thanx
hcf
I totally understand where you are coming from and agree to alot of what you said. I've been thinking about just that with all of the boards but I decided to expand the gaming board. So, I'll go back and pack it in again. Thanks for the help. Uhh, where do I go to rate you?
right here, bro! and be honest, lol
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9636
gla di could help. like i said, i am critical, but i'll explain my decision and help on what i think would be better.
you don't even have to use my suggestions, their just my opinion. but i think they really will make the main page more presentible.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9636
gla di could help. like i said, i am critical, but i'll explain my decision and help on what i think would be better.
you don't even have to use my suggestions, their just my opinion. but i think they really will make the main page more presentible.
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